Dress hanger



1,525,734 A. B. HASSEN DRESS HANGER Filed ne 15, 1923 Patented Feb. 10, 1925.

UNITED STATES AMEEN B. HASSEN, OF HUGO, OKLAHOMA.

DRESS HANGER.

Application filed June 15,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AMEEN B. I'IASSEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hugo, in the county of Choctaw and State of Oklahoma, have invented a new and useful Dress Hanger, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to dress hangers and the object thereof is to provide a hanger of this character constructed so that the weight of the garment suspended therefrom will operate to retain the hanger in clamping engagement therewith.

Another object is to provide a dress or skirt hangers having clamping jaws, the movable jaws being actuated by the suspension hook.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of. construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, may be made within the scope of what is claimed with out departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 represents a front elevation of a hanger constructed in accordance with this invention with a garment shown in dotted lines applied thereto; and

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section with parts broken out for convenience in illustration.

In the embodiment illustrated the hanger constituting this invention comprises an arcuate member 1 which may be composed of wood or other suitable material and which constitutes the rigid jaw with which is designed to cooperate two outwardly opening movable jaws 2 and 3 which are pivotally mounted at their inner ends in a. casing 4t secured to the member 1. These movable jaws 2 and 3 are fulcriuned adjacent their inner ends as shown at 5 and operate to clamp between the free ends thereof and the member 1 a dress, skirt or other garment to be suspended as is shown clearly in dotted lines in Fig. 1. Rubber buttons 6 are preferably carried by the gripping face of one of the jaws being here shown mounted on the fixed jaws to assist in preventing slipping of the garment from between the jaws.

The inner ends of the jaws 2 and 3 beyond 1923. Serial No. 645,650.

their pivots 5 taper and the apices 7 there of extend into flared sockets formed by diverging arms 8 and 9 which are carried by a bar 10 mounted on the shank 12 of the suspension hook 11. This bar 10 is secured in adjusted position on the shank 12 by means of lock nuts 13 and lat arranged one one each side of the bar as is shown clearly in Fig. 2. The suspension hook 11 is equipped at its outer end with the usual bill 15 for suspending it from asuitable support.

The arcuate member or fixed jaw 1 has an opening lttextending edgewise through the center thereof and into which is de signed to extend the shank 12 of the suspension hook and which operates as a guide for said shank.

In the use of this hanger it will be obvious that by moving the hook 11 inward the outer arms 8 of the bar 10 will engage and bear down on the pointed noses 7 of the jaws 2 and 3 and swing said jaws into open position ready to receive the garment to be supported. After the garment has been placed on the hanger the grasping of the hook '11 will cause the shank thereof to move outwardlv carrying with it the bar 10 causing the arms 9 thereof to engage the lower faces of the jaw end 7 thereby rock ing the arms 2 and 3 to bring their free ends into gripping engagement with the buttons 6 and thereby clamp between them the garment shown at G.

A hanger constructed as shown is espe cially useful in displaying garments since by carrying it by the hook 11 all possibility of the garment slipping from the hanger is prevented, the weight of the garment assisting in holding the jaws closed.

The housing or casing 4 may be of any desired configuration and composed of any suitable material preferably sheet metal.

Various changes in the form, shape, proportion and other minor details of construc tion may be made without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of the claimed invention.

T. claim 1. A hanger of the class described comprising a fixed jaw, a movable jaw carried by said fixed jaw for cooperation therewith, a. suspension hook movable in the fixed jaw and loosely engaged by the movable jaw. said book being adapted to open said movable jaw when moved in one direction and.

to closeit when moved in the opposite direction.

2. A hanger of the class described comprising an arcuate fixed jaw having a housing mounted thereon, a suspension hook movable in said housing a pair of movable jaws pivoted in said housing and having their inner ends engaged by said hook whereby the movement of the hook in one direction will close said movable jaws and open them when moved in the opposite direction.

3. A hanger of the class described comprising an arcuate member having an opening extending edgewise therethrough, a housing fixed to said member over said opening, a pair of movable jaws pivoted in said housing at points intermediate their ends. the inner ends of said jaws being pointed, a suspension hook mo 'able through said housing and the opening in said fixed jaw, a bar carried by said hook in the housing and having flared sockets at its opposite ends to receive the pointed ends oi? the ren'iovable jaws. whereby the movement oi": the hook in one direction will open said jaws and close them when moved in the opposite direction.

4. A hanger of the class described comprising an arcuate member having an opening extending edgewise therethrough, a housing fixed to said member adjacent said opening. a pair of movable jaws pivoted in 'sa-id'housing at points intermediate their ends. the inner ends oi said jaws being pointed, a suspension hook movable through said housing and the opening in said fiXed j aw, a bar adjustably mounted on said hook and having flared sockets atits opposite ends to receive the pointed ends of the removable jaws, whereby the movement of the hook in one direction will open said jaws and close them when moved in the opposite direction.

A hanger of the class described comprising an arcuate member having an open,- ing extending edgewise therethrough, a housing fixed to said member adjacent said opening, a pair of movable jaws pivoted in said housing at points intermediate their ends, the inner ends of said jaws being pointed, a suspension hook movable through said housing and the opening in said fixed jaw, a bar mounted on said hook within said housing and having a pair of diverging arms at each end to receive between them the pointed ends of the movable aws, whereby the movement of the hook in one direction will open said awe and close then' when moved in the oppositev direction.

6. A hanger of the class described comprising a fixed jaw, movable jaws carried by said fixed jaw with asuspension hook loosely mounted in the fixed aw and lOOSGlY engaged with the movable jaws, said suspension hook being adapted to open the movable jaws when moved in one direction and to close them when moved in the opposite direction, and anti-sli nving means arranged between said fixed and movable jaws.

7. A, garment hanger.comprising a main hanger bar, clamping bars pivotally mounted on said main hanger bar, a supporting hook passing through the main bar and having means for engaging the adjacent ends of the clamping bars, whereby the weight o'l'- a garment will cause the clamping bars to move to clamping position adjacent the main bar.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

AMEEN B. HASSEN.

Witnesses W. Y. WEBB, C. G. SHULL. 

